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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a stopgap funding bill, Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Saturday, just hours before the…
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With 1,200 miles of almost empty ocean to its west and more than 7,000 miles of the same to its east, the tiny Pacific archipelago…
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Bangladesh’s multiparty democracy is being methodically strangled in crowded courtrooms across this country of 170 million people. Nearly every day, thousands of leaders, members and…
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Around the world, reports of cyber-scam schemes targeting unsuspecting victims online have proliferated rapidly. Southeast Asia has become a center of gravity for those criminal…
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Seafood is having a bad week in East Asia, which is bad news for a region where it’s a major part of the diet. Experts…
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Kwon Pyong, a Chinese critic of his country’s ruling Communist Party, already had a reputation for boldness. Seven years ago he posted a photo of…
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The United Nations Security Council on Thursday took up North Korea’s human rights record for the first time in six years, with officials painting a…
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At least 30 people were killed and dozens of others injured on Sunday after an express train derailed in southern Pakistan, officials said, thrusting the…
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When jury selection begins in the trial of former President Donald J. Trump concerning his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, defense lawyers will…
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Sun, moon, grizzly, black, spectacled, sloth: Bears all over the world can stand, shuffle, totter and walk on two legs, though they usually prefer four.…
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North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, vowed to expand military cooperation with Moscow in its confrontation with the United States as the Russian defense minister, Sergei…
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An American citizen who crossed into North Korea without authorization on Tuesday has been taken into custody by North Korean authorities, the American-led United Nations…
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On the final night of his visit to Washington in late June, after 15 standing ovations in Congress and an opulent White House dinner tailored…
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